Week Twenty-Eight felt like regular summer vacation, not COVID-19 summer vacation. Perhaps it’s because people are being more careless with everything (myself included) even though the threat is still very real. And perhaps it’s because I did regular summer vacation things: I read and drank wine and swam and chatted with friends. Weird, right? I…
Essays
2020 July – Week 27
Week Twenty-Seven was a breath of fresh air. It was nice to get out of the house, and it was especially nice to get in the ocean. As with all of them, Week Twenty-Seven had its ups and downs, but it was the first week in a long time that I felt like I fully…
2020 June – Week 26
Week Twenty-Six was the first full week of summer vacation. But it felt a lot like the twelve weeks that proceeded it. While things are starting to open up again slowly and with lots of stipulations, there’s not much summer fun to be had. I’m not traveling out of the country like I have the…
2020 June – Week 25
WE MADE IT! Week Twenty-five brought us the glorious last day of school. Actually, the day wasn’t really glorious. It was hot. And long. But it’s over now, and I don’t need to check my work email for a few weeks. The trouble is, every day is very much a blank slate now. You see,…
2020 June – Week 24
Week Twenty-Four was not my best week. Sunday The fresh air at the top of the ski hill was needed. At least I got out and walked. Monday I’m not sure what this funky thing is. I mean, I’m assuming it’s a caterpillar? But I’m not sure what type and I’m a little afraid of…
Years Away From Us
We lined up to travel into the past. Or at least, to see into the past. Different telescopes were situated around the field and queues formed at each. I stepped to the back of the line-esque huddle and let the students go before me. It was nice to see them so eager, and it’s not…
2020n June – Week 23
The world keeps turning… Week Twenty-Three arrived and has since faded into the past. COVID-19 time is strange. Years pass in single days and months change overnight. Somehow I keep putting one foot in front of the other (although some days it’s just to move from the bed to the couch). Sunday Going to a…
2020 May – Week 22
The world is on fire. Fevers and riots. That’s what Week Twenty-Two had in store across the United States. I have whiplash from all the things vying for my attention with the intensity in which they are requiring it. Racial injustices are at the forefront of everyone’s minds (or should be). Protests, rallies, riots, calls…
2020 May – Week 21
This was week twenty-one of the year, but week ten of this responsible distancing adventure. I can’t complain. It hasn’t been bad for me the way it’s been bad for others. I have a job. And a house. And cats. For some, this whole thing has created instability and financial distress. For me, it’s given…
2020 May – Week 20
Hello and goodbye Week Twenty. I don’t know what to say about you. Another week in isolation. Another week stressed about engaging students and the uncertainty of next year. Another week fighting off The Funk (AKA the listlessness, the existential crisis, the heaviness…) But there were bright spots in Week Twenty. More consistently nice weather…